The South Carolina Highway Patrol has mourned the loss of 52 troopers since being established in 1930. Ricks was the first one killed in eight years.

Reactions poured in Thursday to the tragic death of a South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper who was struck by a box truck while conducting a traffic stop.

A fundraiser is taking donations for state trooper Dennis Ricks’ family after he died from injuries sustained in a crash on I-26 in Orangeburg County.

A procession held on Friday for fallen South Carolina state trooper Dennis Ricks passed through Orangeburg County.

South Carolina law enforcement officers are honoring one of their own, a state trooper, who was killed in the line of duty.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– The family of SC Trooper Dennis Ricks is set to speak out following his death. South Carolina Department of Public Safety say Trooper First Class Dennis Ricks passed away Wednesday night, Aug. 13. Trooper Ricks was struck while performing a traffic stop in Orangeburg early Sunday morning on I-26 EB near mile marker 165.

The widow of a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who died in the line of duty is remembering him as a devoted husband and public servant while calling on drivers to do their part to keep officers safe.